Witness History
Podcast tekijän mukaan BBC World Service
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1422 Jaksot
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Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
Julkaistiin: 30.1.2024 -
Silenced by the Vatican
Julkaistiin: 29.1.2024 -
Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?
Julkaistiin: 26.1.2024 -
The Hungarian footballer executed for love
Julkaistiin: 25.1.2024 -
Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?
Julkaistiin: 24.1.2024 -
Axis Sally: World War II traitor who broadcast for the Nazis
Julkaistiin: 23.1.2024 -
Vidkun Quisling: Norway's traitor
Julkaistiin: 22.1.2024 -
Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan'
Julkaistiin: 19.1.2024 -
Ibadan Zoo
Julkaistiin: 18.1.2024 -
Tortured in Iran's Evin Prison
Julkaistiin: 17.1.2024 -
The Green March: Moroccans take over the Sahara
Julkaistiin: 16.1.2024 -
The hunger-striking Bolivian president
Julkaistiin: 15.1.2024 -
Gürtel scandal: Spain's Watergate
Julkaistiin: 12.1.2024 -
The first World Laughter Day
Julkaistiin: 11.1.2024 -
Russian ballerina defects to the west
Julkaistiin: 10.1.2024 -
The mystery of France's lost king
Julkaistiin: 9.1.2024 -
The world’s first lesbian couple to get married
Julkaistiin: 8.1.2024 -
What the 1989 solar storm did to Quebec
Julkaistiin: 5.1.2024 -
The Hindenburg airship disaster
Julkaistiin: 4.1.2024 -
The invention of the wingsuit
Julkaistiin: 3.1.2024
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
